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Red Sox 4 @ Senators 5
Griffith Stadium
August 5, 1945

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 5, 1945 at Griffith Stadium. The home team Senators beat the visiting Red Sox with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateAugust 5, 1945 
Visiting Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 4 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 4
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Washington Senators
R: 5 H: 14 E: 0 LOB: 13
Runs: 5
Hits: 14
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherMickey Haefner  
Losing PitcherRandy Heflin  
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Game Winning RBIBuddy Lewis 

Game Info

DateAugust 5, 1945 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Red Sox 
Home TeamWashington Senators 
Visiting Starting PitcherPinky Woods  
Home Starting PitcherDutch Leonard  
BallparkGriffith Stadium 
CityWashington 
StateDC 
Attendance 
Time of Game3 hours 7 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill McGowan
1B: Eddie Rommel
2B: (none)
3B: Art Passarella

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Lake  Shortstop 
Ty LaForest  Third Baseman 
George Metkovich  Center Fielder 
Bob Johnson  Left Fielder 
Dolph Camilli  First Baseman 
Tom McBride  Right Fielder 
Skeeter Newsome  Second Baseman 
Billy Holm  Catcher 
Pinky Woods  Pitcher 
Joe Cronin  Manager 

Washington Senators Lineup 

Name  Position 
George Case  Left Fielder 
George Myatt  Second Baseman 
Buddy Lewis  Right Fielder 
Joe Kuhel  First Baseman 
Harlond Clift  Third Baseman 
George Binks  Center Fielder 
Gil Torres  Shortstop 
Rick Ferrell  Catcher 
Dutch Leonard  Pitcher 
Ossie Bluege  Manager 

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Red Sox 4 @ Senators 5
Griffith Stadium
August 5, 1945

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         Game of 8/5/1945, game 1 -- Boston at Washington (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Washington         AB  R  H RBI
Lake E, ss            7  1  2  0   Case G, lf            7  0  1  0   
LaForest T, 3b        7  1  2  0   Myatt G, 2b           6  4  4  1   
Metkovich G, cf       5  1  1  1   Lewis B, rf           5  0  1  1   
Culberson L, ph-cf    2  0  1  0   Kuhel J, 1b           5  0  2  1   
Johnson B, lf         6  0  1  1   Clift H, 3b           3  0  0  0   
Camilli D, 1b         3  1  0  0   Binks G, cf           6  0  2  1   
McBride T, rf         5  0  3  1   Torres G, ss          6  0  2  0   
Newsome S, 2b         6  0  1  1   Ferrell R, c          2  0  1  0   
Holm B, c             2  0  1  0   Layne H, ph           0  0  0  0   
Lazor J, ph           1  0  0  0   Zardon J, pr          0  1  0  0   
Garbark B, c          2  0  0  0   Haefner M, p          2  0  1  0   
Woods P, p            4  0  1  0   Leonard D, p          3  0  0  0   
Ryba M, p             1  0  0  0   Pieretti M, p         0  0  0  0   
Barrett F, p          0  0  0  0   Guerra M, ph-c        1  0  0  0   
Fox P, ph             1  0  0  0                                      
Heflin R, p           0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     52  4 13  4                        46  5 14  4

Boston           100 001 011 000 00 --  4
Washington       000 101 011 000 01 --  5
  0 outs when winning run was scored.

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Woods P*              8.0  9  4  4  4  2
Ryba M                3.2  3  0  0  2  0
Barrett F             0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Heflin R (L)          1.0  2  1  1  1  0

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Leonard D+            8.0 10  4  4  6  3
Pieretti M            1.0  0  0  0  0  0
Haefner M (W)         5.0  3  0  0  0  2
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Heflin R
DP -- Boston 2, Washington 3
LOB -- Boston 12, Washington 13
2B -- Myatt G, Lake E
SB -- LaForest T, Metkovich G 2, Johnson B, Binks G, Myatt G 2
CS -- Ferrell R
SH -- Lewis B, Guerra M 2
HBP -- by Woods P (Lewis B)
T -- 3:07
A -- 0

    

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